Rae T. Vann, General Counsel , EEAC

Rae T. Vann first joined the EEAC staff as counsel with the Washington,
D.C. law firm of McGuiness, Norris & Williams, LLP in July 2000. Rae
served as counsel to EEAC from July 2000 to December 2003, and in 2007
returned to the organization to as serve as EEAC’s general counsel. As
general counsel, Ms. Vann supervises the preparation and filing of EEAC
amicus curiae briefs in important EEO cases.

Prior to rejoining EEAC, Ms. Vann was associated with Shipman &
Goodwin, LLP, a major Connecticut law firm, where she practiced Labor
and Employment and School Law. She also worked for Chubb Specialty
Insurance as an Employment Practices Liability (EPL) severity claims
examiner.

Ms. Vann previously served as Special Counsel to the New Haven Board of
Education, where she represented the Board in various matters, including
state and federal employment discrimination claims, federal compliance
reviews, termination proceedings, and labor disputes before the State Board
of Mediation and Arbitration and the State Board of Labor Relations. Prior
to that, Ms. Vann was an associate attorney with Hartford, Connecticutbased
Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, representing clients in labor and
employment litigation matters. She also provided in-house and external
training on compliance with equal employment opportunity laws and
responding to discrimination claims.

Ms. Vann began her career in the position of Staff Attorney for the
Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (“CCHRO”),
where she was involved in all aspects of the discrimination complaint
investigation process, including pre-investigative review, expedited factfinding,
full investigation, conciliation and mediation. During her tenure at
CCHRO, Ms. Vann also provided training on diversity and discrimination
complaint investigation methodology.

Ms. Vann received her B.S. in Policy and Management from Carnegie
Mellon and her law degree from the University of Connecticut School of
Law. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, the State
of Connecticut, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal
appellate courts.